Monday 18 September black day for public transport in Rome. Expected one national strike of 24 hours announced by the unions Faisa Confail and Cobas Lavoro Privato which will affect buses and metro in the capital.
Strike It will be active from 8am to 30pm and then again from 20pm until the end of the service.
A complicated day for transport in the city, already tested by the numerous construction sites planned for the Jubilee and by the return of schools.
The Atac and RomaTpl networks are affected
strike will involve theentire network of public transport managed by Attack e RomeTpl, in addition to the connection services operated by other operators under subcontracting within the Atac network. Even the Cotral lines in the region will be at risk during the shutdown time slots. Possible inconveniences could also occur in the public services of Rome Mobility Services, such as the permit desk and the mobility info contact center.
Times, guaranteed slots and variations
During the strike, they will be respect the warranty bands required by law, with connections guaranteed in the morning from the start of the daytime service until 8am and again in the afternoon from 30pm to 17pm.
In night between Sunday and Monday, night bus lines service (with initial name “n”) it will not be guaranteed. The service will be guaranteed for daytime lines with trips scheduled beyond midnight and for some specific night trips of lines 24-38-44-61-86-170-246-301-451-664-881-916 and lines 980 -314-404 managed by the RomaTpl company.
During the Monday day, trips will be guaranteed on the entire network from the first hours of daytime service until 8 am and then again from 30 pm to 17 pm. Outside these time slots, the service will not be guaranteed across the entire network. Furthermore, the replacement bus line scheduled after 00:20 pm will be suspended.
In night between Monday and Tuesday, the service of the night bus lines will resume, but the daytime lines with trips scheduled after midnight and some specific night trips of the lines 38-44-61-86-170-246-301-451-664-881-916 will not be guaranteed -980 and lines 314-404-444 managed by the company RomaTpl.
Escalator service may be stopped in stations
During the strike hours, in the stations of the metro-railway network which will remain open, the service of escalators, elevators and stairlifts will not be guaranteed. Furthermore, the physical ticket office service will not be available, but the interchange car parks will remain open.
Online ticket offices will not be interrupted.
The reasons for the strike
Le main reasons behind the protest of Faisa Confail include the increase in the cost of living, the loss of purchasing power, safety at work, issues related to working hours, the organization of work and the conditions of female workers, as well as all the issues that require attention urgent and necessary.
As regards, however, the reasons for the strike, promoted by Cobas, concern support for salary increases, reduction of working hours, reduction of driving time and working hours for drivers, improvement of safety and health protections in the workplace, both for employees and for users of local public transport, and opposition to privatizations and related tenders in the local public transport sector.
